What Is The Cause Of The Cold War In Hollywood

The Cold War was not only a time of competition between the United States and the Soviet Union, but also the breeding ground for the famous Second Red Scare in the heart of every U.S. citizen. In a time of post-war economic growth and prosperity, the film industry boomed, along with this red scare that draped over Hollywood like a dark cloud. In the fall of 1947, ten members of the Hollywood fil industry deprecated the campaigns commissioned by the House Un-American Activities Committees (HUAC), part of the U.S. House of Representatives, and their investigation committee scrutinizing the motion picture business for alleged communist influences. After the Ten received jail sentences for their defiance, HUAC’s controversial crackdown in Hollywood led to more hearings of other members in the industry up to the 1960’s and what is known as blacklisting, banning any alleged communist or anyone who had communist ties from working in the film industry. Reynold Humphries, a former Professor of Film Studies at the University of Lille in France, takes interest in the political and cultural cause and effect of the actions of HUAC in blacklisting over a hundred American film industrials; investigating how some of the most brilliant artists and stars were forced out of work and even out the United States during the Cold War.